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The story of Permian High School's 1988 Permian Panthers team and its run towards the state championship was the subject of the best-selling book Friday Night Lights, published in 1990. A movie based on the book was made in 2004 and the NBC television network aired a TV series loosely based on the school and book.
Permian played Dallas Jesuit in Odessa during the regular season in 1988, winning 48–2. Jesuit's only points came on a missed-PAT return, which was a rule instituted that year (the defensive conversion was not allowed in high school football under National Federation of State High School Associations rules, but Texas plays by NCAA rules ...
The following is a list of Texas University Interscholastic League State Marching Band Competition winners. Year ... Permian: 1983–1984 Iraan: Henrietta: Hondo ...
Dec. 1—Members of the Permian Panther Paws are in New York City this week. One of the highlights of their trip was performing as the pre-show entertainment at the Radio City Music Hall Christmas ...
The former Permian Panther Paw and Texas Tech University cheerleader was born and raised a Dallas Cowboys fan in Odessa. Garcia has danced and cheered since she was 2 1/2 years old. "When I was 6 ...
The District 2-6A standings may be chaotic with numerous different scenarios but for Permian head coach Jeff Ellison and his Permian Panthers, the easiest way to clinch a spot is to simply take ...
James Earl "Boobie" Miles Jr. (born April 16, 1970) [1] is an American former high school football running back for Permian High School in Odessa, Texas.He was a primary subject in the book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger, and the movie inspired by the book.
Permian High School and its football team, the Permian Panthers, had a substantial, rich history of winning in Texas' 4A and 5A divisions, [a] having won championships in 1965, 1972, 1980, and 1984. Bissinger moved his family to Odessa and spent the entire 1988 football season with the Permian Panther players, their families, their coaches, and ...